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Head  Quarters,  Dist.  of  Texas,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona, 

HOUSTON.   FWBBOAMX  23d.    1- 

!  GENERAL  ORDERS, 

No.  6. 

1.     At  a  General  Court  Martial,  convened  at  Galveston,  Texas,  bj   virtu- 

of  Special  Orders,  No.  7.  Paragraph  II.  from  the.-.'  Head  Quarters,  of  which 

Lieutenant-Colonel  Ireland  is  President,  rned  and  tried  Private 

Axtone  Richbbs,  of  Deg6's  Light  Battery,  upon  the  following  charges  and 

ifieations,  viz  : 

Ghargt  1  M— Desektk  >.\ . 
Specification :— In  this,  thai  the  Baid  Private  A.  Richers  did.  in  the  night 
of  the.  9th  to  the  10th  of  December,  1864,  desert  his  company,  stati  tned  on 
Galveston  Island,  with  the  intention  to  make  hia  way  to  the  enemy't 
blockading  the  harbor  of  Galveston.     Early  in  the  morning  of  the  ] 
alarm  was  given  by  some  negroes,  stationed  near  tl  dons  in  the 

Lay.  that  souk-  men  were  in  distress  in  the  channel,  calling  for  help. 
which  C.  II.  Peters,  of  Co.  "B,"  Engineer  Troops;  A.  .!.  Jackson,  of  I 
Engineer  Troops,  and  .J.  \Y .  Mai  at,  T.  V.  [n 

boat   to  render  assistance,  if  necessary.    Mr.  Peters  took  the  boat  ti- 
the place  of  disaster,  where   he  found  a  boat    which   had   capsiz* 
Private  A.  Richers,  above  named,  and  two  othei 
A.  Richers  into  the  boat,  intending  to  land  him  at  the  Central  Wl 
which,  however,  he  objected,  and  polled  to  land  him  at 

another  point    After  being  landed  he  mat  promise  not  to  say  an} 

thing  about  it,  and  invited  him  to  call  at  hia  i  amp,  and  he  would  mal 
a  handsome  present,  acknowledging  that  he  had  left  withe  '  sent  oi 

tnmanding  officer.     He  furth<  r  stated  to  1  rivate  A.  J.  Jackson,  Le 
Engineer  Troops,  that  he  w  sfied  with  ! 

rub,  but   would,  from  this  time  on.  b  \a  be  had  beei 

from  drowning. 

Charge  2d-  Conduct  to  the  preju  ind  military  discipiine. 

Ification:     In  this. that   the  said  private  A.  Richer;  med, 

did.  in 

ol  the  whan  it  belong 

took  it  down  the  channel  with  the  intent!  block- 

ading the  harbor  of  Galveston,  until  arriving  ;it   tl  in  the 

channel,  the  boat  was  capsized  and  1 
Galveston,  on  the  night  from  the  9th  to  the  loth  of  !• 
11  of  which  the  i 

-  DING    AND  Si  KT. 

The  Court,  having  maturely  considered  all   tl 

used, 

t  >f  Specification,  1st  Charge C  . 

Of  1st  Charge, k.  .Guilty. 

2d  Charge Guilty. 

Of  2<  G 

And  the  Courl   do  therefore  sentence  the  said  Aotone  Ricl 

be  shot  to  death  with  musl  ncfa  time  and  place   ■ 

Maj.  Gen.  Commanding  may  direct. 

tl.     The  proceedings,  finding  and  sentence  of  the  Court  in  the  fon  \ 
re  herebj  approved  and   confirmed,  and  the  sentence  will  be  carried 
into  effect  in  the  presence  of  such  part  of  the  troops  on  Gal 
Brig.  Gen.  Hawes  shall  direct,  on  Friday,  the  3d  day  of  March  next. 

III.    The  sentence  of  the  General  Court  Martial  in  'I  Lieutenant 

ftJpAX.  Meissner,  Co.  "D,"  Timmons'  Regiment  ol  Texas  tnfai  fitted, 

except  that  portion  reducing  him  to  the  ranks  as  a  Private.  P: ; 
ner  will  be  released  from  arrest  and  conscripted  in  such  com] 
regiment.'-  landing  officer  shall  desigi 

By  Command  of 

Maj.  Gen.  J.  G-.  WALKER. 

W.  A.  SMITH. 

A.  A.  Gen'l. 


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